From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joseph Turner Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [package-vc] Consider cleaning up files from install process Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 01:22:05 -0700 Message-ID: <87sf6q3i36.fsf@breatheoutbreathe.in> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39867"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Adam Porter , Philip Kaludercic (Emacs) , Emacs Devel Mailing List To: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 04 10:49:58 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qnxZt-000A0Q-7k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 04 Oct 2023 10:49:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qnxTr-0002T0-H8; Wed, 04 Oct 2023 04:43:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qnxHK-0000zg-IO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Oct 2023 04:30:54 -0400 Original-Received: from out-204.mta1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:203:375::cc]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qnxHI-0004vm-Ma for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Oct 2023 04:30:46 -0400 X-Report-Abuse: Please report any abuse attempt to abuse@migadu.com and include these headers. DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=breatheoutbreathe.in; s=key1; t=1696408241; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type; bh=/Ew9HtpqnMRqY5Uwh8caRBUIGG5DLy3GUzrlC+scV3s=; b=EQJom4w7TMGJUZnBbudisjFlNxFO55KBXIletLUwuINc+gqrcD8JYOOJm+KX8lBN1z84AJ qtFzT0ldYFCTFRLwKr6+ZNx6qJSugdR5Olc9KmXaWpyY/PhFNvUcoDRWSRGqDganwlI58E QPlzh1QPvbOPiiznx/Amggr4+2sAgnw= X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_OUT Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2001:41d0:203:375::cc; envelope-from=joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in; helo=out-204.mta1.migadu.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 04:43:41 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:311266 Archived-At: > > In other words, the way package-vc-install currently works leaves me > > vulnerable to this scenario: > > > > 1. I use package-vc-install to install one of my packages from its local > > repository directory. > > 2. I check out a feature branch of that package to work on a new feature, > > saving some files but not loading any of the changed code. > > 3. I restart Emacs (e.g. maybe I shut down the system and turned it back on > > the next day). > > 4. That work-in-progress feature branch of my package gets loaded into > > Emacs automatically (which may be entirely broken, being a WIP). > Not sure why you consider that a problem. That's the whole purpose of > installing straight from the VCS rather than from a tarball. > If you don't want your Emacs to use that work-in-progress feature > branch, then work on it elsewhere than in the VCS clone that was created > specifically to be used in-place. > E.g. use `git worktree`. > > Philip, would you be willing to consider switching to that model for > > package-vc-install, or offering it as an option? > The option already exists, it's called `git worktree` :-) I had not considered `git worktree` as a solution. Very neat. > Switching to "that model" wholesale would prevent the current use where > you can edit the *live* files. Thank you! Joseph